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Secret Window (2004)

Secret Window poster
Directed by
David Koepp
Genre
drama film, horror film, mystery film, thriller film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 32m
Rated
PG-13
Rating
6.6 of 10 from 3,967 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A struggling writer is tormented by a mysterious stranger who accuses him of plagiarism. He deals with a painful divorce and tries to prove his innocence while his grip on reality frays.

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What happens

Secret Window is a 2004 American thriller film starring Johnny Depp and John Turturro. It was written and directed by David Koepp, based on the novella Secret Window, Secret Garden by Stephen King, featuring a musical score by Philip Glass and Geoff Zanelli. The story appeared in King's 1990 collection Four Past Midnight and follows a struggling writer who is terrorized by an elusive adversary while dealing with an ongoing divorce from his estranged wife and tolerating her new boyfriend. The film was released on March 12, 2004, by Sony Pictures Releasing through its Columbia Pictures label; it was a moderate box office success and received mixed reviews from critics. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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